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J. PEYSER Feb. 2, 1937.

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METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING ARTICLES Original Filed March 15, 1935 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 INVENTOR Jose k figser ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR ASSEM- BLING ARTICLES 11,269. Divided and her 5, 1935, Serial No.

6 Claims.

This invention relates to methods of and means for assembling match-books and similar articles in series, and has as its object the provision of a simple and efficient arrangement for placing such articles in sequence with alternate articles in reversed position.

This application is a division of application Ser. No. 11,269 filed March 15, 1935 for Methods of and means for producing match-books.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention is shown in a concrete and preferred form in connection with a match-book-forming machine, in which:

Fig. l is a top-plan view of the machine with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, with parts broken away, looking in the direction of arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the feed end of the machine with top and rear portions broken away;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view substantially on the plane of line d4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the righthand end of Fig. 2, parts being broken away;

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view substantially on the plane of line 55 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical sectional view substantially on the plane of line l'l of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view of the reversing mechanism substantially on the plane of line 88 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional View substantially on the plane of line 9--9 of Fig. 8; and

Fig. 10 is a diagrarmnatic perspective View showing the assembling operations.

20 indicates a conveyer here in the form of an intermittently movable sprocket chain having blank or cover supporting compartments or surfaces 2l, said chain being trained over sprockets 22 and 23 at opposite ends of the machine. Arranged alongside this conveyer are the various instrumentalities or mechanisms for associating cover blanks and match-combs; and for convenience they have been omitted, being shown in detail in the above-mentioned application. Extending longitudinally through the machine is main shaft 25 that here makes one revolution to each cycle of the machine, i. e. to each matchbook produced. 2? is a cross-shaft deriving its motion from 25 by means of bevel gears 28 and 29 (Figs. 2 and 3) and it will be seen that the gear :ratio is such that shaft 21 makes one revolution to every two revolutions of 26.

I29 is a match-book-ejecting device having two ejecting members Hill so as to simultaneously this application Novemeject two completed match-books, and is in the form of a transverse horizontal slide moving in guides 53!. This slide receives its motion. from shaft lS'Z carrying a cam E33 with which engages a cam roller I34 mounted on arm l35 pivotally connected by arm I36 to rock-shaft l3l, from which latter extends an arm are pivotally connected by means of link 539 to slide I29. Shaft I32 makes one revolution to each two revolutions of main shaft 26 and is driven from the latter by spur gears l2l and me.

Conveyer 29 is advanced intermittentlyv one step to each revolution of the main shaft by any suitable means such as the following: sprocket 22 is secured to shaft id! to which latter is also secured slotted member N2 of a Geneva stop motion device. Mounted on shaft M3 is a twoarmed member M l carrying rollers M5 to engage with the slots in member M2. Shaft M3 is driven from shaft M9 by means of bevel gears M5 and iii. Shaft l is makes one revolution to each revolution of main shaft 25, and shaft H43 makes one revolution to each two revolutions of shafts H9, but inasmuch as shaft M3 carries two arms [44. it will be seen that shaft Ml, and hence sprocket 22 and conveyer 26, makes two steps to each revolution of shaft Hi3, and one step to each revolution of main shaft 26.

Shaft l ll drives shaft Idea by means of bevel gears Mod. Mounted on shaft 55a is a rotat- I able delivery member M8 which latter is thus moved a step to deliver a completed match-book every time conveyer it takes a step. Mounted alongside delivery member M8 is a reversing member Hi9 having a slot I56 for the reception of a match-book. This reversing member is rotated one-half of a revolution once to each two steps of delivery member 543, and is conveniently actuated from shaft lSE (which it will be remembered makes one revolution to each two revolutions of the main shaft) by means of cam l5l, cam. roller E52, arm l53, rock-shaft i5 3, arm I55, rack I58 and gear lol, the latter carried by reversing member its.

As previously explained, ejectors I30 eject two completed match-books at a time from conveyer iii, and one of these passes over guide I58 directly to delivery member M8, while the other passes into slot use of reversing member M9. The delivery member thereupon takes a step delivering to trough l59 the match-book which it has received directly from guide M8. The reversing member makes one-half of a revolution thereby reversing the position of the match-book. Transfer device Hill now enters the open slot I50 and transfers a match-book from the reversing member to the delivery member and the latter takes another step while the transfer member is retracted.

Transfer device lBll is actuated from the infeed end of the machine, being driven from shaft 21 by means of cam IEI, cam roller I62, arm I63, lever I64 loose on rock-shaft 31 and pivotally connected to rod I65 extending almost the entire length of the machine and secured at its other end to plate 165a. Plate |65a carries a bearing I851) receiving stem I650 of transfer device H50. When the reversing device is rotated, transfer member I and stem I650 rotate with it, this action being permitted by bearing I b.

From the foregoing it will be understood that two articles, such as match-books C are delivered side by side with the same ends extending in the same direction and that thereafter the position of one of said articles is reversed after which it is brought in line with the other article. Match-books such as C have one end thicker than the other, the thick end being the one opposite to the strike-plate C and by the method described said books can be stacked more advantageously.

I claim:

1. The method of feeding a plurality of articles with opposite ends of alternate articles extending in a given direction, Which consists in: delivering two such articles side by side with the same ends extending in the same direction, and then reversing the position of one of said articles and bringing it in line with the other article.

2. The method of feeding a plurality of articles, one end of which is thicker than the other, with the thick and thin ends of alternate articles extending in a given direction, which consists in: delivering two such articles side by side with the thick ends extending in the same direction, and then reversing the position of one of said articles and bringing it in line with the other article.

3. The method of delivering match-books from a machine for producing them, which consists in: simultaneously delivering two match-books side by side and then reversing the position of one of said books and bringing it in line with the other.

4. A delivery device including: a delivery member; a reversing member alongside of the delivery member; means to deliver an article direct to the delivery member; means to deliver another article to the reversing member; means to reverse the position of the reversing member; and a transfer device to deliver the reversed article from the reversing member to the delivery member.

5. A delivery device including: an intermittently rotatable delivery member; a reversing member alongside of the delivery member; means to deliver an article direct to the delivery member; means to deliver another article to the reversing member; means to reverse the position of the reversing member; a transfer device to deliver the reversed article from the reversing member to the delivery member; and means to rotate the delivery member a step after the receipt of each article.

6. In a match-book machine, a delivery member; a reversing member alongside of the delivery member; means to simultaneously deliver two 1 match-books side by side from said machine, one to the delivery member and the other to the reversing member; means to reverse the position of the reversing member; and a transfer device to deliver the reversed match-book from the reversing member to the delivery member.

JOSEPH PEYSER. 

